Old Tigers

"Rich, you've written a couple of columns about young sportsmen. Why don't you ever write anything about sportsmen your age?" Donna asked me one evening (I'm 72).

"There aren't a lot of us left," I replied. "A lot of sportsmen my age have given up hunting, especially deer hunting, because there aren't many deer left to hunt on public land. Some have health issues that have forced them to the sidelines. Also, at our age many of the places we once frequented are just too physically challenging to fish or hunt any longer."

"But, there have to be guys out there," she said.

She is right, of cour...